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Words can't express how disappointed I am by Alex Rodriguez's steroid use. I have followed his career through the years, and he has always been a favorite of mine. I used to take my son to Yankees games, hoping that Rodriguez's talent, agility and strength would inspire him. Now I'm crossing my fingers and hoping that A-Rod's lying and cheating skills don't rub off on him instead. Will Markham, WESTCHESTER...
When I was in college, a friend of mine pressed with great urgency a copy of a slim little novel into my hands, as if he were aware it would satiate a hunger I didn't know I had. That book was Season of Migration to the North, by the Sudanese writer Tayeb Salih, who passed away in London on Feb. 18 at 80. I had been writing for some time by then, but Salih's perceptive assessment of the relationship between East and West, his complex weaving of personal and political lives, and the beauty of his prose redefined...
...what to expect? Frankly, after all the crazy out-of-nowhere results since league play began, your guess is at least as good as mine and you might just want to flip a coin. But be sure to sit back and enjoy the exciting action this weekend...
...assistant professor at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences won a National Science Foundation award and over $200,000 for her teaching and research into how fungi can clean up mining sites, SEAS announced Monday. Colleen M. Hansel, a specialist in environmental microbiology, will receive $212,000 over the next two years and up to $537,000 over the next five years through the foundation’s Faculty Early Career Development award, she said in an interview yesterday. The award is given annually by the foundation to faculty in the sciences who haven?...
Cantor bristles when asked about taking an opposing position from business interests on the stimulus plan. "I knew about the endorsements from some of the business groups for sure, but their obligation is not to the voters and the people of this country like mine is," he says. "I feel that my obligation is to be a prudent guardian of taxpayer money...